Other creatures travel from afar to use river floodplains for only a short time. The latter includes the banded dotterel (Charadrius bicinctus), endemic to Aotearoa New Zealand. This bird travels as ...

Christina McCabe receives funding through an Aho Hīnātore doctoral research scholarship at the University of Canterbury. Jonathan Tonkin receives funding from a Rutherford Discovery Fellowship ...

Climate change is amplifying flood risks worldwide, and Aotearoa New Zealand is no exception. Large floods are expected to become much more frequent and severe, threatening communities ...

When we think about flood management, higher stop banks, stronger levees and concrete barriers usually come to mind. But what if the best solution – for people and nature – isn’t to confine ...